Find out whether your university provides you with access to IBM SPSS Statistics. If it does, visit this book’s companion website and download the self-teach package and associated data sets. Work through this to explore the features of IBM SPSS Statistics.
With a friend, use the extract of the interview transcript in Case 10 (at the end of Chapter 10) to undertake the following tasks.
a Using the aim of the focus group stated in Case 10, independently code the data in the extract.
b Compare the results of your coding.
c Identify where your coding is similar to and where it differs from that of your friend.
d Where you identify differences in coding, discuss the assumptions you each made when you coded these data and why you made these.
e By reflecting on your attempt at coding these data, which codes, if any, would you change and why?